| The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Art Moore |
| Directed by | Art Moore |
| Voices of | Joan Gardner Don Messick Ed Janis |
| Opening theme | "The Toy Shop Window" by Roger Roger |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 150[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ed Janis |
| Production company | Beverly Hills Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | September 6, 1958 – September 9, 1961[2] |
The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole is an animated television series produced by Beverly Hills Productions and syndicated beginning on September 6, 1958. The show's characters were a boy and a bear who hunted down bad guys. The show was made in three and a half-minute episodes, with ten parts comprising each story. It was most frequently shown one episode a day as part of a local station's afternoon children's programming.[3] The show remained in production until 1961.[4][5]
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Actress Corinne Calvet and her husband were originally vice-presidents of Beverly Hills Productions, but withdrew from the company after shady fund-raising practices on the part of president and producer Ed Janis attracted the attention of the Better Business Bureau and were reported on by Variety.
Voices
The voice cast included:[6]
- Joan Gardner – Spunky
- Don Messick – Tadpole
- Ed Janis – Tadpole
Episodes
| # | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Abdul the Boo Boo" | September 6, 1958 |
| 2 | "Another Race in Outer Space!" | September 13, 1958 |
| 3 | "Doin's in the Ruins" | September 20, 1958 |
| 4 | "Prisoner of Zinda" | September 27, 1958 |
| 5 | "The Bugle Will Blow" | October 4, 1958 |
| 6 | "The Count of San Francisco" | October 11, 1958 |
| 7 | "Counterspies in Secret Guise" | October 18, 1958 |
| 8 | "A Message to Marcia" | October 25, 1958 |
| 9 | "The Mixed-Up Monster" | November 1, 1958 |
| 10 | "North Pole Caper" | November 8, 1958 |
| 11 | "Buried Treasure" | November 15, 1958 |
| 12 | "Circus Craze" | November 22, 1958 |
| 13 | "The Smugglers" | November 29, 1958 |
| 14 | "Secret of Cactus Corners" | December 6, 1958 |
| 15 | "The Frozen Planet" | December 13, 1958 |
| 16 | "The Private Eyes" | December 20, 1958 |
| 17 | "Moon Trip" | December 27, 1958 |
| 18 | "London Mystery" | January 3, 1959 |
| 19 | "Casaba Capers" | January 10, 1959 |
| 20 | "Out of Place in Outer Space" | January 17, 1959 |
| 21 | "The Oozie Wangle Story" | January 24, 1959 |
References
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (July 1979). The complete encyclopedia of television programs, 1947-1979 (2nd ed.). United States: A.S. Barnes. p. 919. ISBN 0498021777.
- ↑ "NewspaperArchive® | spunky tadpole 1961 historic newspaper articles including obituaries, births, marriages, divorces and arrests". newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ↑ "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ↑ "Toontracker". Toontracker.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ↑ Markstein, Don. "Spunky and Tadpole". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole Episode Guide -Beverly Hills Prods". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
External links
- Spunky and Tadpole at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived Archived 2017-11-12 at the Wayback Machine from the original on August 8, 2017.
- The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole at IMDb
- The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2015/06/psst-wanna-buy-cartoon.html